Improved harness-buckle



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-by declare that the following is a full, clear, and. exact are ornamented by attaching thereto forms of silver',

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EDWARD S. DAWSON, OF

Letters Patent No. 85,798,

sYRACUsE, NEW YORK.

dated Jenna/ry 12, 1869.

ILIPROVED HARNESS-BUCKLE.

The' Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

A. Be it known that 1,-EDWARD S. DAWSON, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ornamenting Harness-Buckles, Ste.; and I do heredescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part Qfthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a buckle complete;

Figure 2 is a like view with the ornament detached;

Figure 3 is a sectional view; and

Figure 4 shows the detachedornament.

Similar letters. of reference indicatel like parts in all the figures.

' This invention relates to that class of buckles which The invention consists in protecting the ornament from abrasion, by casting the buckle with an elevated rib around the bed which is to receive the ornament, so that in substance the Iornament is inlaid, and by this means so protect the ornamental parts that the article has greater endurance, and presents a neat and unworn appearance much longer than ordinarily, as

In the accompanying drawings- A is the buckle;

B is thel ornament; and

a a is the protecting rib.

f j, figs. 4, are rivets, by which the ornament is attached, and

b b, iig. 2, are the rivet-holes.

The ornaments are formed by striking thin sheetsilver into a form approximating roughly to the inal form, and their concave sides are filled with melted lead, the sprues of the casting serving as rivets, f, to secure theornament to the buckle. The filled ornament is then placed in its forming-die, anda drop let fall upon its leaden back, which forces the silver face into all parts of the die accurately. The finished ornament is then. attached, by placing the sprues f f through theholes-lib; ig. 2, which are cast in the buckle, and' riveting them fast. And by these means they ornaments are secured in a very permanent and cheap manner.`

The body of the\buckle is the ornament is attached.

rIhe style of nish` may be varied, by silvering or X-silvering the body of the buckle, while the ornament is japanned, and then attached.

I do notwish to conine myself to buckles, as this method can be used for protecting the ornaments ofjapanued, as usual, before metallic box-loops, or other parts of harness and sad-v dlery-hardware, with the same facility and advantage.

I am aware that it is not new to protect ornaments' by means of a raised surface surrounding them; therefore I do not wish to claim the broad principle.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I In a buckle, cast as described, the sunken face, and the rib or ange e, surrounding said face, forming a nreceptacle and protection for thepiece B, secured to the "face, as herein described, and for the purpose specified. The abovespeciication of my invention signed by me, this 12th day of September, 1868."

' E. S. DAWSON. Witnesses: i

WM. J. DODGE, F. A. M'ORLEY. 

